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Jane Mayer | Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier

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06 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Jane Mayer | Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier  Jane Mayer, The New Yorker Mayer writes: "A longtime friend of Steele's pointed out to me that Steele was in a singularly unenviable predicament. The dossier had infuriated both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump by divulging allegedly corrupt dealings between them." READ MORE Sam Nunberg. (photo: Amir Levy/NYT) ALSO SEE:  Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg's Mueller  Meltdown Leaves Friends Petrified ALSO SEE:  Who Is Sam Nunberg? The World  Wants to Know. Former Trump Campaign Aide Burns Everything Down in Epic Series of Cable News Interviews Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress Rupar writes: "On Monday afternoon, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg did three different television interviews - one with MSNBC, and then two with CNN - in which he explained why he doesn't plan to cooperate with a grand jury subpo...
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Preventable mistakes

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It will take strong Congressional backbone to implement Nunn-McCurdy type standards. But NNSA has demonstrated time and time again that they cannot control these projects on their own. Nuke Agency Needs Budget Accountability It will take strong Congressional backbone to implement Nunn-McCurdy type standards. But NNSA has demonstrated time and time again that they cannot control these projects on their own. It’s long past time for Congress to step up and perform their oversight role to ensure our tax dollars won’t be wasted on yet another entirely preventable mistake. Read more How House Intel Committee’s Russia Investigation Turned into a Cautionary Tale The House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation appeared to miss the mark on many of these best practices—resulting in a muddled effort that left its members’ duty to the American people unfulfilled. Read more Air Force Leaders Deliberately Slow-Rolling A-10 Refurbishment The unnecessary t...
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John Kiriakou | Stelios Kouloglou: Why Travel Bans Don't Work

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19 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News PEOPLE USED TO COME AND DONATE, NOW THEY JUST COME - The key to our funding formula has always been reasonable response. That's gone. When we used to say we are running behind, things picked up. Now they don't. We used to finish in far less time. Now we don't finish. It was never like this. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! John Kiriakou | Stelios Kouloglou: Why Travel Bans Don't Work    John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News   Kiriakou writes: "Two months ago, I was invited to address the European Parliament on national security whistleblower issues. The invitation came from Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a member of Greece's governing Syriza party."   READ MORE Cornyn Pipeline Amendment Enriches GOP Lawmakers; Language Inserted as Cornyn's Former Aide Lobbied on the Issue   Jay Ca...
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Fundamental misunderstanding

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The President’s tweet betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about the role of inspectors general and other executive branch oversight and accountability offices. Shortsighted on Oversight The special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections continues to attract politically charged pronouncements and calls for action. As part of the recent debate, government oversight institutions have been invoked by national and party leaders. However, the discussion in Washington, DC, and in the media is hobbled by incomplete knowledge of the various oversight tools and options available for major investigations. Read more Acquisition Insanity: USS Ford Block-Buy Proposal The ship’s electric advanced arresting gear is supposed to be able to go 16,500 landings between mission failures. So far, the best it can do is 19. The problems with these systems are bad enough that President Trump, in slightly more colorful language, has called for the Navy to r...
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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: : A GRAND BARGAIN show of force – BAKER, TRUMP back WARREN pot bill – MAYORS speak out on trans discrimination ballot question

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A GRAND BARGAIN show of force – BAKER, TRUMP back WARREN pot bill – MAYORS speak out on trans discrimination ballot question 06/11/2018 07:05 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) WELCOME TO MONDAY, MASSACHUSETTS. A GRAND BARGAIN SHOW OF FORCE —   Raise Up Massachusetts , the group behind the potential $15 minimum wage and paid family leave ballot measures — and also wrangling with negotiators on Beacon Hill over the so-called "grand bargain" — plans to deliver a public show of force this week. Raise Up is holding a self-described week of action with rallies in and around the State House from Monday to Thursday. The public displays come at a useful time for Raise Up, which is currently locked in negotiations for a potential legislative compromise between their two ballot questions and a sales tax decrease, which is being pushed by the  Retailers Association o...
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FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS & BILL O'REILLY SEX PERVERT

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THIS DESERVES TO STAND ALONE FOR THE DISBELIEVING HORDES WHO ALLOW THEIR DEDICATION TO FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS TO CLOUD THEIR JUDGMENT.  THE BLOVIATING BIG MOUTH & SEX PERVERT BILL O"REILLY, SUPPORTED FOR SO LONG BY FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS = SEX PERVERTS FORCED THESE WOMEN TO RELEASE THEIR SETTLEMENT STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC.  DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN BILL O'REILLY CALLED A CO-WORKER AND MASTURBATED TO THE SOUND OF HER VOICE?  SHE PAID A PRICE.  IT'S TIME FOR BILL O'REILLY AND FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS TO PAY THEIR PRICE FOR THEIR COVER-UP.  05 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Bill O'Reilly. (photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty ********* O'Reilly Desperately Wanted to Keep His Sexual Harassment Settlements Secret. Now We Know Why. By Adam Peck, ThinkProgress 05 April 18 The settlements are now matters of public record. n Wednesday, a court in New York permitted the release of the full settlement agreements re...
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Tools for Understanding State Budget Proposals

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MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. Tools for Understanding State Budget Proposals     Tomorrow the Governor will kick off the state budget season by releasing a detailed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposal. The Governor's proposal begins an important process of determining what we as a Commonwealth hope to do together through our government next year, and detailing how we will pay for those things. The likely schedule for subsequent steps in the budget process is: In April, the House will debate and approve its FY 2019 budget proposal. In May, the Senate does the same. In June, a joint House/Senate conference committee reconciles differences between these two budgets which the Legislature approves. The final budget plan, which requires the Governor's signature, will ideally be completed by July 1st, the beginning of FY 2019. MassBudget works ...
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